Some mammals hibernate to survive in winter, but the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) employs Dehnel's phenomenon to get ...

Among Adirondack mammals, pygmy shrews hold several records. Some adults weigh only 2-3 g (0.11 oz) and thus are the smallest mammals in the world. This species is also one of the rarest, with only ...

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The smoky shrew occurs from southeastern Canada to northern Georgia where it occupies the high elevations of the Appalachian Mountains. Its distribution within the northeast U.S. is spotty, owing ...

Well, it might’ve been one, until a tiny new shrew species was discovered in the Ethiopian highlands. Named after an ...

For the last 55 million years, the pen-tailed shrew has survived on a diet consisting of beer. How's that for an evolutionary bender? The shrew lives in the forest of Malaysia and feeds on the flowers ...

The equivalent of nine glasses of wine a night is just dinner to the pen-tailed tree shrew, a small Malaysian mammal resistant to the effects of chronic drinking, researchers reported Tuesday in the ...

While it was popular during its time, and has been revived through the ages with stage and film adaptations and reinterpretations, “The Taming of the Shrew” is practically unpresentable in its ...

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AVALON (CBSLA) — A small, mouse-like creature native to Catalina Island that was feared to be extinct has been spotted by wildlife conservationists for the first time in more than 15 years.